Excavating and filling apparatus.



T. F. GANNONI EXCAVATING AND FILLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, I9I3. v

Patented June 8,1915.

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T. F. GANNON.

EXCAVATING AND FILLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1913.

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T. F. GANNON.

EXCAVATING AND FILLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1913.

1,142,692. Patented June 8, 1915.

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With this object inview NIKE THOMAS F. GANNON, OF ROCHESTER, NEWYORK..

EXCAVATING AND FILLING APPAB ATUS Specification of Letters Eatent.

' Patented June 8, 1915.

Application filed November 29, 1913. Serial No. 803,810. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. GANNON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Excavating and Filling Apparatus, of which the following This invention relates to apparatus adapt ed to be used for excavating and filling trenches and the like and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object ofthe invention is to provide apparatus of the character indicated which is of simple structural arrangement and which may be easily and quickly operated or manipulated for the purposes intended.

the apparatus includes tracks movably mounted upon stand ards and connected with a shed or structure in which may be located an operating engine. A car is mounted for movement along the tracks and means for operating the car from the engine is provided. A vertically disposed movable beam is mounted upon the car and means is provided for raising and lowering the same. An earth receiving bucket is carried at the lower end of the beam and means is provided for opening closing the said bucket.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 2

is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a a detailed elevation of parts of the apparatus with parts in section. a

The apparatus comprises tracks 1 which are preferably in the form of channel iron and the said tracks are mounted uoon vertically disposed standards 2. The said standards are mounted upon wheels 3. A house or shed 4 is connected to the tracks 1 at one end thereof and is adapted to receive the operating engine 5 of the apparatus.

Wheels 6 of a car'7 are arranged to move along the tracks 1 and the said car is pro-. vided with hangers 8 carrying rollers 9 which are adapted to move between the upper and lower flanges of the tracks 1. These rollers 9 prevent the car from tilting when subjected to weight at either end thereof and also serve as means to properly maintain the wheels 6 in position upon the tracks. Pulleys 10 are journaled at the upper portion of thecar 7 and a cable 11 is trained is attached to and over the said pulley and thence arounda pulley 12 journaled at that end of the tracks which is remote from the end thereof attached to the house 4 and from the said pulley 12 the cable 11 extends to the car 7 and the end thereof adjacent the pulley 12. The other. end of the cable 11 is operatively connected with the engine 5 in any suitable manner. ed with that end of the car 7 which is adjacentthe house 4 and the other end of the cable 13'is'operatively'connected with the f .By this arrangement it will be.

engine 5.

is exerted upon the seenthat when a pull cable 13 and at'the same time the cable 11 is permitted to become slack the car 7 is drawn toward the house 4. On .theother hand when the. cable 13 come slack and a pull is exerted upon the cable 11 the car 7 is moved along the track rails 1 away from the house 4 y A cable 13 is connect-.

is permitted to be A beam 14 is vertically disposedand V mounted for movement in a verticalpath upon the car 7 and the said beam carries at its lower end a bucket .15 preferably of the clam shell or orange peel type. Gages 16 are mounted upon the car 7 and in'the said cages signal men or operatives may stan during the operation of the apparatus.

lever 17 is fulcrumed upon the car 7 and carries at one end a roller 18 which bears against the side of the beam 14. The car 7 is provided at the opposite side of the beam 14 from the roller 18 with a guide 19 and consequently the lever 17 may be moved or swung to such an extent as to cause the roller 18 to clamp the beam 14 against the guide 19 whereby the said beam. may be held against vertical movement. A cable 20 is connected at one end with the engine 5 in any suitable manner and is trained over pulleys '21 and 22 journaled upon the frame 7 and is also connected with the lower portion of the beam 14. It is obvious that by drawing upon the cable 20 the beam 14 will be raised and by permitting the said cable 20 to become slack said beam 14 will lower by gravity.

A cable 23 is operatively connected at one end with the blades of the bucket 15 and is trained over pulleys 24 and 25 journaled upon the car. 7 and operatively connected with the engine 5. This cable 23 may be used for closing the blades of the bucket when the beam 14 is lowered and at this time the lever 17 may be operated so as to cause the roller 18 to frictionally bear against the side of the said beam to hold the same in a lowered position while the blades of the bucket are scooping up the earth. A releas ing cable 26 (see Fig. 1) is connected with the bucket 15.

A spring pressed pawl 27 is pivotally mounted upon the car 7 and is engageable with the beam 14 or teeth provided thereon for the purpose of holding the said beam positively in an elevated position. When it is desired that the said beam should be lowered the said pawl 27 is swung so that it disengages the beam and consequently the same is rendered free to descend by gravity. Therefore it will be seen that an excavating and filling apparatus of simple structural arrangement is provided and that the parts of the apparatus may be easily and quickly manipulated to remove earth from a ditch or trench and to replace the earth in the same. Furthermore the earth that is elevated from the trench or ditch may be permitted to deposit from the bucket into the body of a wagon or other receptacle provided for its reception.

If desired the beam 14 may be permitted to fall by gravity without the use of a cable and may be raised by a rack and pinion operated by an electric motor or its equivalent. Having described the invention what is claimed is z- An apparatus of the character indicated comprising wheel mounted track rails, an r engine fixed with relation to the track rails, a wheel supported car mounted upon the track rails, a vertically disposed beam movably mounted upon the car, means for elevating the beam from the engine, a bucket carried at the lower end of the beam, means operated by theen'gin'e for closing'the bucket, a spring pressed pawl pivotally mounted upon the car and engageable with the beam to positively hold the same in an elevated position, a lever operated friction means mounted upon the car and engageable with the beam to frictionally hold the same in an elevated position, cages carried by the car, the said means for holding the beams in an elevated position being adapted to be operated by operatives occupying the cages;

In testimony'whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS F. GANNON. WVitne'sses: I a

J. D. TOMLISON,

GEORGE C. Hormns.

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